Almost every major city has a stereotyped flaw(s). New Yorkers are rude and always in a hurry. London has crap weather and food. Seattle is always rainy and depressed. Las Vegas is nothing but debauchery. Los Angeles traffic sucks. Regardless of the truth, these are the generally held negative perceptions of these cities.

Well, the truth […]

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Everyone knows that the quickest way to someone’s heart is sending them a picture of a cute baby animal. But it seems like one site isn’t impressed with that approach. F*** You Penguin is a feisty site which has the tagline, “A blog where I tell cute animals what’s what.”
The concept is hilarious despite being […]

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Online Dating is becoming very popular nowadays and with this guy’s skills it’s really no wonder. I especially like his Winnie the Pooh spelling of ‘hunny’. This is a real match.com message. Get ready to be wooed:

Hey Dear
How re u doin princess i most say u really look charming hunny i cant ….believe a lovely […]

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So we haven’t posted in 2 weeks and that’s no good. This one is defintely out of left field…much like every other post. Hopefully, this one will make up for the lost time.
Randy Pausch was a professor at both University of Virginia and Carnegie Mellon
who died July 25th 2008 of pancreatic cancer. He was a […]

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So I just got back from Tahoe and I gotta say I dont think I have seen so many white people in my life.  I was staying at the Squaw Valley Inn which is normally a Ski resort but over summer they host like hiking and stuff, mostly stuff that white people do. (I.e. Swimming, Hiking, Biking, Mountain […]

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One day while driving a few colleagues to lunch at Ramenya on Olympic Blvd, one of my passengers discovered a cell phone under one of the seats. The phone wasn’t mine and although I had a pretty good idea whose phone it was, I gave her permission to look through the phone and discover the owner. […]

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Backing up and sharing files is too easy with the Microsoft Skydrive and the Gspace Firefox Add-on. These online storage solutions have been around for some time, but recently the storage space has grown quite a bit (to 5 GB) and since they’re free,  it’s time to sign up. 
 Put photo albums, music, and movies online so that you […]

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Mammoth Mountain Stats:
Top Elevation: 11,053 ft
Bottom Elevation: 7,953 ft
Vertical Rise: 3,100 ft
Area Size: 3,500 acres
Longest Run: 3 miles
Terrain Park: Yes
Halfpipe: Yes
Mammoth is the real deal. It’s a huge mountain with every type of terrain. Cliffs, jumps, rails, trees, steeps, jibs, spines, and slaloms are all there. Plus, it is only 5 hours from Los Angeles. […]

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Sriracha comes out as the winner of the funkrocks Hot Sauce Battle. It won the popular vote as a result of its versatility and all around taste. To celebrate this sauce, I made a Sriracha Bloody Mary.
Start with a pint glass filled with ice and add:
1-2 Teaspoons Sriracha
1-2 Teaspoons Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 Teaspoon Prepared Horseradish
Small Pinch Black Pepper
Pinch […]

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Here is the thing. If I can’t eat at least one burrito a week, I will go through withdrawals. The last food I ate before leaving the country for 10 days was a burrito. The first place I went to after getting back in the country was a Mexican restaurant…for a burrito. I went straight […]

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